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IN RE DETENTION OF POWELL

No. 1-02-1421.

799 N.E.2d 937 (2003)

344 Ill. App.3d 97

279 Ill.Dec. 134

In re DETENTION OF Harold POWELL (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Harold Powell, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Giovannini, David S. Olshansky, Giovannini & Olshansky, Chicago, for Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Lisa A. Hoffman, Mark L. Josephson, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice HALL delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, Harold Powell, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his motion to dismiss the State's petition to commit him as a sexually violent person.

On September 25, 2000, the State filed a petition to commit the respondent as a sexually violent person pursuant to section 15 of the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (the Act) (725 ILCS 207/15 (West 2000)). The respondent...

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